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<br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />PLANNING BOARD <br />AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: January 9, 2013 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 9 <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Proposed Unified Development Ordinance Amendments and Prioritization <br /> <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br /> <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />1. November 2012 Letter from Pete <br />Hallenbeck <br />2. Planning Department – Planning Board <br />Projects for Late 2012 and 2013 <br />3. Implementation Bridge Document <br />4. Implementation Bridge Status Matrix <br />5. Small Area Plan Status Matrix <br /> <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Craig Benedict, 919-245-2592 <br /> Perdita Holtz, 919-245-2578 <br /> <br /> <br />PURPOSE: To discuss amendments the Planning Board would like to make to the Unified <br />Development Ordinance (UDO) and the prioritization of such amendments. <br /> <br />BACKGROUND: As a result of discussions of the annual report and work plan in October and <br />November 2012, the Planning Board Chair and Vice-Chair asked staff to place an item on the <br />January 2013 Planning Board agenda to discuss UDO amendments the Planning Board would <br />like to bring forward for consideration. The letter in Attachment 1 was briefly discussed at the <br />November 19 dinner meeting between the BOCC and Planning Board. All other attachments <br />were part of the discussions in October and November. <br /> <br />The BOCC’s annual planning retreat will be held on February 1, 2013. As a result of the retreat, <br />new projects the Planning Department and Planning Board need to focus on may come <br />forward. However, there is likely some capacity among Planning staff to work on some <br />Planning Board priorities as well. All Planning Board priorities would have to be presented to <br />the BOCC, prior to significant staff time being spent on them, to obtain BOCC approval to <br />proceed with any specific project. <br /> <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The Planning staff recommends the Planning Board: <br />1. Discuss individual members’ ideas for UDO amendments. <br />2. Prioritize the list of ideas. <br />3. Ask staff to take the list forward to the BOCC for approval consideration to begin <br />work. <br />21